Journal of Chiropractic Humanities RSS feed: Current Issue. The Journal of Chiropractic Humanities (ISSN 1556-3499) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to providing a forum for the chiropractic profession to disseminate information dedicated to chiropractic humanities. The primary purpose of the Journal of Chiropractic Humanities is to foster scholarly debate and interaction within the chiropractic profession regarding the humanities, which includes history, philosophy, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, ethics, theory, sociology, comparative religions, and aspects of social sciences that address historical or philosophical approaches. The journal’s objective is to fulfill this purpose through careful editorial review and publication of expert work, by creating legitimate dialogue in a field where a diversity of opinion exists, and by providing a professional forum for interaction of these views. The journal is currently indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Manual Alternative and Natural Therapy Index System (MANTIS), and the Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL). http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/?rss=yesElsevier Inc.en © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Journal of Chiropractic Humanities1556-3499181December 2011 © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. healthpermissions@elsevier.comhttp://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS155634991100009X/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: The term subluxation has come to have different meanings for different health care professions in the United States for over the past century. This controversy has resulted in some contention both internal and external to the chiropractic profession. Some current factions within the chiropractic profession hold the term subluxation to be synonymous with the identity of chiropractic itself; however, this term was not solely used by chiropractic during its formative years. The purpose of this article is to look at uses of the term by various professions (osteopathy, medicine, and chiropractic) at the turn of the century, a time in which the chiropractic profession was developing.Use of the term subluxation in publications during the formative years of the chiropractic professionClaire Johnson10.1016/j.echu.2011.10.004Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Editorial19http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000027/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objective: The philosophy of chiropractic can be framed as an attempt to correct the problems inherited from the Western Enlightenment. Its origins can be found in the long tradition of Western philosophy. The purpose of this article is to describe in a broad context chiropractic’s roots in premodernity and establish the structural and hermeneutical differences between chiropractic’s original philosophical ideas and those of premodern philosophers.Discussion: The worldview or cultural mindset the philosophy arose from must be situated in the context of its time, the birth of the unique postmodern worldview, aperspectival consciousness, and the modern sense of self. This is accomplished by exploring several metatheories about the development of the self through history, with an emphasis on the premodern roots to the chiropractic terms; Universal Intelligence and Innate Intelligence. By contextualizing the philosophy of chiropractic in terms of a structural genealogy of the self and of ideas, a new approach to philosophy in chiropractic emerges.Conclusion: Without accounting for chiropractic’s origins as a reflection of the unique time, place, and culture, in terms of the evolution of worldviews through history, any approach to construct or reconstruct a philosophy of chiropractic will potentially miss the seminal feature of chiropractic’s emergence.Constructing a philosophy of chiropractic: evolving worldviews and premodern rootsSimon A. Senzon10.1016/j.echu.2011.09.001Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-10-17Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-10-17181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles1023http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000039/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objective: The purpose of this article is to trace the foundations of DD Palmer's sense of self and philosophy of chiropractic to its sources in modern Western philosophy as well as current metatheories about modernity.Discussion: DD Palmer's sense of self was indicative of a modern self. A modern self is characterized as a self that developed after the Western Enlightenment and must come to terms with the insights of modernity such as Cartesian dualism, Spinoza's substance, Rousseau's expressivism, and Kant's critiques. It is argued that Palmer's philosophy can be viewed as part of the this tradition alongside his involvement in the 19th century American metaphysical religious culture, which was itself a response to these challenges of the modern self of modernity.Conclusion: Palmer's development of chiropractic and its philosophy was a reaction to the challenges and promises of modernity.Constructing a philosophy of chiropractic: evolving worldviews and modern foundationSimon A. Senzon10.1016/j.echu.2011.09.002Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-10-17Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-10-17181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles2438http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000040/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objective: The purpose of this article is to explore the postmodern, postrational, and postconventional core of DD Palmer's self-sense and philosophy.Discussion: DD Palmer's self and philosophy can be viewed as a reaction to the self of modernity and its challenges of a fracture between mind and body, spirit, and nature. It is argued that Palmer's solution to these vexing problems facing the modern self was to use postrational and postconventional logic to overcome the dualisms. His philosophy resonates with similar postrational approaches, most notably, the German idealist Schelling.Conclusion: It is argued that Palmer was one of the first postrational individuals in America and that chiropractic was an attempt at the first postrational health profession.Constructing a philosophy of chiropractic: evolving worldviews and postmodern coreSimon A. Senzon10.1016/j.echu.2011.10.001Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-11-14Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-11-14181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles3963http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000088/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objective: The purpose of this article is to present select concepts and theories of bureaucratic structures and functions so that chiropractic physicians and other health care professionals can use them in their respective practices. The society-culture-personality model can be applied as an organizational instrument for assisting chiropractors in the diagnosis and treatment of their patients irrespective of locality.Discussion: Society-culture-personality and social meaningful interaction are examined in relationship to the structural and functional aspects of bureaucracy within the health care institution of a society. Implicit in the examination of the health care bureaucratic structures and functions of a society is the focus that chiropractic physicians and chiropractic students learn how to integrate, synthesize, and actualize values and virtues such as empathy, integrity, excellence, diversity, compassion, caring, and understanding with a deep commitment to self-reflection.Conclusion: It is essential that future and current chiropractic physicians be aware of the structural and functional aspects of an organization so that chiropractic and other health care professionals are able to deliver care that involves the ingredients of quality, affordability, availability, accessibility, and continuity for their patients.Chiropractic physicians: toward a select conceptual understanding of bureaucratic structures and functions in the health care institutionMarcel Fredericks, Bill Kondellas, Lam Hang, Janet Fredericks, Michael WV Ross10.1016/j.echu.2011.10.003Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-11-16Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-11-16181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles6473http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000052/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Object: The purpose of this article is to discuss a theoretical basis for wellness chiropractic manipulative care and to develop a hypothesis for further investigation.Methods: A search of PubMed and of the Manual, Alternative, and Natural Therapy Index System was performed with a combination of key words: chiropractic, maintenance and wellness care, maintenance manipulative care, preventive spinal manipulation, hypomobility, immobility, adhesions, joint degeneration, and neuronal degeneration. Articles were collected, and trends were identified.Results: The search revealed surveys of doctors and patients, an initial clinical pilot study, randomized control trials, and laboratory studies that provided correlative information to provide a framework for development of a hypothesis for the basis of maintenance spinal manipulative therapy. Maintenance care optimizes the levels of function and provides a process of achieving the best possible health. It is proposed that this may be accomplished by including chiropractic manipulative therapy in addition to exercise therapy, diet and nutritional counseling, and lifestyle coaching.Conclusions: It is hypothesized that because spinal manipulative therapy brings a joint to the end of the paraphysiological joint space to encourage normal range of motion, routine manipulation of asymptomatic patients may retard the progression of joint degeneration, neuronal changes, changes in muscular strength, and recruitment patterns, which may result in improved function, decreased episodes of injuries, and improved sense of well-being.A theoretical basis for maintenance spinal manipulative therapy for the chiropractic professionDavid N. Taylor10.1016/j.echu.2011.07.001Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles7485http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000076/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objective: The objective of this narrative review is to discuss the potential for burnout in chiropractic practitioners. This discussion is grounded in the job demands-resource model, the conservation of resources model, the unique profession-specific stressors experienced by chiropractors, and information from similar health care professions.Methods: A search using both the indexed (PubMed and PsychLit) and nonindexed psychosocial literature was used. Other resources included the Cochrane Library, articles from governing bodies of the chiropractic profession, trade magazines, and research conferences and symposium proceedings. Articles were analyzed following the grounded theory principles: open coding and memos for conceptual labeling, axial coding and memos for category building, and selective coding for model building.Results: Potential stressors unique to doctors of chiropractic include factors associated with physical workload, role stress, and mental and emotional demands.Conclusions: There are unique chiropractic-specific occupational characteristics that possibly contribute to burnout in the chiropractic professionals. These findings emphasize the need for assessing and measuring burnout and attrition within the chiropractic profession.Potential unique causes of burnout for chiropractic professionalsShawn Williams10.1016/j.echu.2011.09.003Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-11-14Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-11-14181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles8693http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000064/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Objectives: One of the most commonly used eponymous terms in neuroscience and gross anatomy is Sylvius. The 2 most recognized uses of this term today are the sylvian fissure for the lateral cerebral sulcus and the sylvian aqueduct for the cerebral aqueduct. There is some controversy surrounding these terms because there were 2 famous anatomists named Sylvius after whom these structures could easily have been named. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief historical review of these 2 scientists and offer an observation on the historical use of the name Sylvius as an anatomical term.Discussion: Franciscus Sylvius was a popular teacher at the University of Leiden. One of his most famous students, Thomas Bartholinus, published F Sylvius' neuroanatomical work on the lateral cerebral sulcus. Although this structure had been known from antiquity, Bartholinus' description linked F Sylvius' name to the structure. As well, the description of the cerebral aqueduct was also published in other influential anatomy texts as an attempt by students to honor F Sylvius' name, despite the fact that this structure had been described more than a century before. Jacobus Sylvius was a successful but reportedly disliked anatomist at the University of Paris. Although he urged his students to learn from dissection rather than lectures or books, he had an unyielding devotion to Galen's teachings. His most famous student, Vesalius, went on to refute many of Galen's ideas as documented in his later publications. The rift between teacher (J Sylvius) and student (Vesalius) may have resulted in the marginalization of J Sylvius as a figure immortalized in anatomical texts. This may be the probable reason that J Sylvius' name is not associated with anatomical terms.Conclusion: The lesson from this brief review of the 2 Dr Sylviuses may be that a teacher's historical legacy being preserved as an eponym may have more to do with his or her likability than productivity during his or her lifetime.A historical lesson from Franciscus Sylvius and Jacobus SylviusBarclay W. Bakkum10.1016/j.echu.2011.10.002Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-11-14Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-11-14181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5Original Articles9498http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000143/abstract?rss=yesEditorial Board10.1016/S1556-3499(11)00014-3Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5FrontmatterA1A1http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000167/abstract?rss=yesMasthead10.1016/S1556-3499(11)00016-7Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5FrontmatterA2A2http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000180/abstract?rss=yesTable of Contents10.1016/S1556-3499(11)00018-0Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5FrontmatterA3A3http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000209/abstract?rss=yesInstructions for Authors10.1016/S1556-3499(11)00020-9Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5FrontmatterA4A6http://www.journalchirohumanities.com/article/PIIS1556349911000222/abstract?rss=yesCopyright form10.1016/S1556-3499(11)00022-2Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 18, 1 (2011)2011-12-01Journal of Chiropractic Humanities2011-12-01181S1556-3499(11)X0002-5FrontmatterA7A7